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markvs comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15436)

markvs — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:03:14 -0700

Here is my point. This is not a research question. The fact that it has 16 up votes (and many really interesting research questions do not get that many up votes) means, say, for a person who comes to MO first time, that the community cares more about rumors, anecdotes and "social interaction" than about research. This is potentially harmful for MO. So I think it is important that this kind of questions get closed as soon as possible.

Donu Arapura comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15432)

Donu Arapura — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:36:41 -0700

Jon, I admit that I hadn't looked carefully at your question before. But now that I have, I can point out some differences. First of all you signed it, although I can understand why Anonymous wouldn't want to. The other more serious thing, is that Anonymous seemed to be explicitly soliciting stories/rumours of bad things that have happened, but perhaps I'm misreading it. Finally, you had
the advantage of asking first.

Jon Bannon comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15431)

Jon Bannon — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:00:59 -0700

I don't see how the question here differs substantially from my question pointed out by Daniel Litt. Does it?

Donu Arapura comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15428)

Donu Arapura — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:10:14 -0700

I decided to contribute an answer, since it appeared that some actual individuals wanted to hear what people thought. However, I would be happy if the question is closed, since I am also not convinced that it was asked in good faith. But perhaps I shouldn't be the one to cast the final vote.

fedja comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15426)

fedja — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:55:56 -0700

Voted to close (as no longer relevant)

Bill Johnson comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15425)

Bill Johnson — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:33:04 -0700

I just voted to close. While such a discussion might have some merit, the issue has already been discussed on MO (as Daniel Litt pointed out in a comment).

Will Jagy comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15423)

Will Jagy — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:21:47 -0700

Thanks, quid. I note that, in common both with spam and genuine questions by less responsible users, the OP has stopped paying explicit attention.

quid comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15421)

quid — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:43:40 -0700

I voted to close, mainly for the reasons Will Jagy gives.

Will Jagy, yes it got closed/reopened and you were among the initial closers.

Will Jagy comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15420)

Will Jagy — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:28:43 -0700

I can't be sure, I believe I voted to close once, then I suppose it did get closed but re-opened? My take on the original wording was that it was malicious spam, we have at least one guy who deliberately asks about the most contentious things possible, just to watch the fight. I would be fairly happy to close it again, it may be a legitimate query but it has many answers already, those cover anything constructive I might have said.

I attempted to vote to close, it said I had already done so. Perhaps I am wrong about the history.

François G. Dorais comments on "Plagiarism in the community" (15419)

François G. Dorais — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:03:39 -0700

This thread is to discuss this question.